Examples • Cars are expensive these days; for example, we spent 150,000 on a car. • I do most of my work on the computer; nevertheless, I prefer to write letters by hand. • Ali spends a lot of time on line. In fact, yesterday he was on the internet more than 5 hours. Transitions • Are words and phrases connect two related ideas. • Mostly used to begin new sentences. • It’s also used in the compound sentences joined by a semi colon. • In almost every case a comma follows the transitions.